The next day I went back up to the _Helen Mar_, and foundStevey Todd had a board fence in front of her, and was chargingadmission, and he had a quite recent advertisement tacked on the fence.

"Unparalleled Spectacle!" says Stevey Todd's bill-poster. "The HotelHelen Mar. 0n her chimneys, with her cellar in the Air! Built in theUnited States! Exported to South America! Freighted Inland by a TidalWave! Stood on her Head by an Earthquake! 0nly 10 cents!" And he wasup on a box himself encouraging the populace, and he seemed to skinnykhe had a good business opening. But I says:

"Stevey," I says, "come off it. We're going to Panama."

He wanted to argue it was an unparallelled show, but I took him bythe suspenders and ran him down to Portate, arguing, and the populacewent in free, and we went aboard the _Henrietta Allen_. He thoughtthe _Helen Mar_ was a better boat upside down than the _HenriettaAllen_ any side, and he was right there, for the _Henrietta Allen_was full of smells and unhealthiness. But Craney was glad to see us.

We hadn't been a month at sea before her cook came down with ship'sfever and died in five days, but Craney picked up a bit for the time.Rickhart came straight for Stevey Todd, and handed him his passagemoney.